Oceanus and Tethys produced the three thousand Oceanids and river gods, including Styx, Electra, Clymene, Doris, Metis, Tyche, Perse, Plouto, Philyra, Peneus, and Achelous.
Helios and the Oceanid Perse bore Circe, Aeetes, and Pasiphae — a lineage renowned for sorcery. All three children inherited formidable powers of pharmakeia.
The Oceanids were three thousand freshwater nymphs born to Oceanus and Tethys who nurtured rivers, springs, and streams across the world. Hesiod named the eldest and most honored among them in the Theogony.
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